Candidates
(Vote for 6)
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Gilbert Wong
15,866 votes
14.31%
- Party: Democratic
- Occupation: Member, Cupertino City Council
Alyson L. Abramowitz
14,208 votes
12.81%
- Party: Democratic
- Occupation: Incumbent
- Management Consultant
- B.S. Carnegie Mellon University
Priorities:
- Education - Strengthen CA's public education system to achieve success for ourselves, California, and the USA.
- Economy & Budget - Have and grow jobs and companies in Silicon Valley and achieve this with a fiscally sound and balanced budget
- Housing - Provide programs to help home owners retain their houses, safe from predatory lending practices.
Megan Kathleen Young
13,105 votes
11.82%
- Party: Democratic
- Occupation: Student
- Political Science Major, San Jose State University
- Immediate past Vice President, Democratic Caucus at SJSU
- Human Rights Commissioner, San Jose Human Rights Commission
- Fmr. Platform Committee Member, California Young Democrats
Priorities:
- Electoral Reform, including public financing of campaigns
- Working for solutions to California's budget crisis
- Fully funding all levels of education, from pre-k to university
Brandon L. Sulser
12,663 votes
11.42%
- Party: Democratic
- Occupation: Incumbent
- Sunnyvale Planning Commissioner (2004 - present)
- Member, Santa Clara County Democratic Central Committee (2009 - present)
- Member, California State Democratic Central Committee (2003 - present)
- Member, Political Committee, Loma Prieta Chapter of the Sierra Club (2003 - present)
- Member, Santa Clara Citizen's Advisory Committee (2002 - 2003)
- B.A. International Relations - George Washington University
Priorities:
- Help demystify the Central Committee to rank and file party members
- Help recruit good candidates to run for local office
- Support the party's ideals
Herb Engstrom
12,190 votes
10.99%
- Party: Democratic
- Occupation: Incumbent
- AB Physics, UC Berkeley 1964, Phi Beta Kappa
- Peace Corps, Malaysia 1964-67
- Ph.D. Physics, UC Berkeley
- Post Doc. Univ. of Paris, Orsay, France, 1972-74
Priorities:
- Making public funding of campaigns a priority
- Establishing and expanding Democratic clubs
- Recruiting new, young activists to the Party
Aldyth Parle
12,094 votes
10.91%
- Party: Democratic
- Occupation: Incumbent
Craig Dunkerley
11,235 votes
10.13%
- Party: Democratic
- Occupation: Incumbent
Jordan Daniel Eldridge
9,989 votes
9.01%
- Party: Democratic
- Occupation: Student
- Santa Clara County Health Advisory Commission, Commissioner
- Santa Clara County Emergency Medical Services Committee, Vice Chair
- California Democratic Party State Central Committee, AD 22 Elected Delegate
- Democratic Party County Central Committee, Club Representative
- Silicon Valley Young Democrats, Executive Vice President
- Foothill De Anza Community College District Student Trustee, 2007-2008
Priorities:
- Fight for solutions to the state budget crisis and fully fund all levels of Education
- Support progressive Democratic candidates running for local and state offices
- Build stronger local Democratic activism by reaching out to young and experienced voters to get involved with the party
Melodi D. Masaniai
9,524 votes
8.59%
- Party: Democratic
- Occupation: Administrator
- Member, California State Democratic Central Committee
- Co-Chair, Dean Democratic Club of Silicon Valley
- Membership Coordinator, Obama Democratic Club of Silicon Valley
- Co-founder, Congressional District 14 for Obama
- Co-organizer, Congressional District 15 for Obama
- Member, Democratic Club of Sunnyvale
Priorities:
- Permanent Democratic office modeled after Center for Change offices in Monterey and Santa Cruz Counties
- Transform Democratic Party into a Democratic Family
- Restore discipline and unity
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- Santa Clara Co. Central Committee
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